Pipe, cigar-holder, or the like.



H. H. DYER.

PIPE, CIGAR HOLDER, 0R THB LIKE.

APPLIUATIOH FILED rm. 12, 191s.

1,090,036, Patented Mar. 10, 1914 nucmtoz HENRY H. DYER, 0F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PIPE, CIGAR-HOLDER, 0R THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Application lled February 12, 1913. Serial No. 747.941.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY H. DYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipes, Cigar-Holders, or the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in smoking articles such as pipes and holders for cigars or the like, the object in view being to provide means for cooling the smoke and collecting the nicotin from the tobacco, and in this manner permit prolo-ngcd use of such article Ibecause of the ease with which the device may be removed and cleansed. It is well known in this art that nicotin from tobacco smoke possesses great moisture absorbing properties, quickly liquefying, and in the constant use of ipes or holders, this nicotin gradually coilects throughout the smoke passage and the tobacco bowl, finally causing said pipe or holder to be discarded. In the ordinary construction of these devices, the nicotin in liquid form is free to collect in the smoke passage and in the action of smoking, the

concentrates are drawn into the mouth of Y the smoker with much unpleasantness, and

it was, therefore, my object to provide such an arrangement or attachment as would eliminate these disadvantages by permitting ready cleansing as well as providing a cool dry smoke so much desired.

'lo this end, and in order that the device may be universally adapted for use with various pipes, the preferred embodiment of my invention comprises a body portion which is adapted to be inserted in or connecte-d with the stem of a pipe or holder and is provided with a smoke cooling chamber and nicotin reservoir, the employment of my attachment not requiring any special construction of stem to permit of its use m either old or new smoking articles.

For a full understandmg of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, mwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pipe provided with my attachment connected to the stem. Fig. 2 is a similar view with a portion of the stem shown in section to bring out more clearly the details of construction. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken about on the line 3 3 of F1g. 2. .Flgz 4 1s a similar View taken about on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a view partly in section .showing the adaptatioirof my invention to a straight pipe or cigar holder.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings and specifically describing the invention, the body portion 1 ofthe attachment is provided with a longitudinal central bore 2 arranged to communicate when said body forms a section of the pipe stem 3 with the smoke passage ft leading into the tobacco bowl or chamber As most clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the body portion is formed with arcduccd tapered end portion (3 whereby to connect the same with 'the stem 3, at one end, and at its other end the bore 2 is internally threaded so as to receive the mouthpiece T in the usual manner. At a point intermediate the length of the bore 2 in the body portion 1 is formed a transverse partition 8 interrupting the passage through the stem and designed to direct the smoke drawn through the smoke passage 4 into the cooling chamber with which lthe attachment is pro vided. This chamber, designated by the numeral 9, is formed by a cap 10 preferably of metal and of any desired ornamentation, which cap is pivotally mounted as shown at ll on one end of an upstanding or raised portion of the upper surface 12 of the body portion l. The lower edge portion of the sides of the cap 10 are slightly crimped inwardly so that when the cap is in closed operative position the crimped edges 10 will engage in a groove formed in the sides of the raised portion 12, said groove confoi-min to the crimped portion 10 as shown most cearly in Figs. 3 and 4. Th`s con struction permits frictional engagement of the cap over the raised portion 12, effectively closing the cooling chamber 9 which communicates with the bore 2 at each side of the partition 8 through the short tubes 13, said tubes extending preferably slightly above the upper surface of the upraised portion 12.

It will be obvious that as the smoke is drawn `through the stem of the pipe or holder, it is directed first into the cooling chamber 9 by means of the partition 8, the passage through which eliminates also the likelihood of drawing any of the tobacco particles into the mouth. The natural collection of nicotin concentrates passes down the mouthpiece as formed and are prevented from descending into the tobacco bowl by the partition 8 which thus performs a dual function. ln order that the nicotin in its liquid form may not collect against this partition, ll provide a nicotin reservoir in the attachment which consists of a tube 1d which is inserted in the bottom of 'the body portion 1 directly adjacent the partition 8 so as to communicate With the upper. division of the bore 2 in said body portion.

VThis tube or reservoir 14 is preferably threaded so as to receive a screw cap 15 suitably formed with a manipulating enlargement 16 by means of which the nicotin may readily be emptied from the stem at any time it is desired to cleanse the same.

l have so constructed the attachment which constitutes my invention 'that it may readily be cleansed throughout and tor this purpose a tapered plug 17 is preferably provided, the same being inserted in a transverse opening throughv the body portion 1 which opening passes directly through the lower division of the bore 2 adjacent the partition 8 as most clearly'shoyvn in Figs. 2 and L1 ot the drawings. it will be obvious that in certain constructions of pipes or holders with which 'this attachment may be used a cleaning member may readily be inserted in the opening through the tobacco chamber, or through the opening in which the plug 17 is inserted, depending upon the particular construction of said pipe or holder. lt is also apparent that the passages 13 leading into the smoke chamber 9 may be Acleared by raising the tree end of the cap ,10, a projection 10 being formed at the upper edge ci the cap and designed to facilitate raising by `catching hold ci the same with the finger nail.

jlln F ig. 5 l have shown my attachment as connected with a straight pipe 18 Tvhich is formed with a tobacco chamber 19 at one end. rthev mouthpiece 2O is screwed onto the body portion 1 While the pipe i8 -is connected in like manner to the other end. The straight pipe 18 in this construction is preferably formed -With a screw cap 21 adjacent the end in which the tobacco chamber is located, ivhich cap may be removed when it is desired to clean out the'smoke passage@J extending through said pipe. This construction readily permits the passage into the body portion'l of the attachment to be cleared in they event it becomes stopped as it would lobviously be diiicult to pass a cleaningl member through the chamber 19 Without taking the attachment on'. In this manner it will be apparent that the pipe or holder may be so constructed that the body portion 1A forms an integral portion of the pipe and advantage is taken of the straight pipe construction With its removable cap 2l whereby on removal of the cap 2l, a cigar holder is formed, the end of the cigar Q3 being inserted into'the end of the pipe 18vand projecting across the tobacco chamber draw the smoke into the smoke passa e22.

From the foregoing description t e advantages of my invention will be appreciated and it need only be said in conclusion that the attachment constituting my invention may be manufactured and sold as such so that it might be employed in an old or used pipe as Well as provided in the stem of a newly manufactured holder or pipe. K

Slight changes may be readily made in the details ot construction of my attachment without departing from the spirit of the invention, and Within the scope ot the appended claims,

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a new article or manufacture, an attachment comprising a body portion adapted to be connected to a pipe vor holder, said body portion having an interrupted passage Itherethrough, a raised portion formed on said body portion, a cover pivotally connected at one end to the raised portion aforesaid and adapted when in closed position to form a smoke cooling chamber, smoke passages connecting the interrupted bore with Jthe smoke cooling chamber, a nicotin reservoir carried by the body portion, 'for draining one portion of the interrupted passage aforesaid, and a removable member projecting into the other portion of the passage to permit cleansing of the same.

2. is a new article of manufacture, an attachment comprising a body portion adapted to be connected to a pipe or holder, the body portion having an interrupted passage therethrough, a raised portion formed on said'body portion, a cover pivotally connected at one `end to the raised portion vaforesaid and adapted when in closed posi- Ation to form a smoke cooling chamber, smoke passages connecting the interrupted bore with the smoke cooling'chamber, thebody portion aforesaid having a transverse opening therethrough communicating with one portion of the interrupted passage, a remov- 19 so as to permit the suction to able plug normally received in said transverse opening, and a nicotin reservoir carried by the bodyv portion and communicating with the other portion of said interrupted passage;

in testimony whereof I atlia my signature in presencevof tWo Witnesses. c

HENRYp H. DYER.

Witnesses:

HARVEY S. DYER, CHARLES E. Dyna. 

